The Arizona champion., 1887-12-10

We know of a couple of weddings
 which are soon to take place here,
 and which are being kept great SC.
 cret. The CHAMPION is sworn not to
 dlvulge the names.
 We hear that Richards has secured
 all of the milk, that Mir. Thomas our
 milk man has to spare outside of what
 he uses in his own family, that ena-
 bles him, ( (Richards,) to use genuine
 fresh COWS milk with every stew.
 Ina; is right Richards you are always at the front.
 The mule teams of Powell and McDonei, formerly contractors on the Mineral Belt Railroad have been sent to California, where the gentle. men have a contract with A. A. Grant, who is constructing railroad from San Barnardino to Ocean side.
 Mir. l. F. Green, attorney -at.iaw and who is in the Land office of the A. & P. K. R. at Albu querque, made our town an official visit this week. Mir. Green is courteous and agreeable gentleman and made number of aCqualntances and friends during his short sojourn here.
 Call upon a man of business in hours of business, transact your busi, ness and go about your business in order to give him time to attend to his business. Attend to your own bus mess and let others alone. Do all Of these things and you'll be different class of people ani become suddenly happy. Christmas Presents For Everybody, If you want to make the young people hap py and even your baSt girl, call al Bray's and examine his immense assortment of uSsfal and sensible articles for holiday gifts. Telephone No. 2sSi, San Fran. cisco Avenue.
 Dr. V. M. Yancey, of Kingman, Kansas, aud brother of our fellow townsnan, Wm. H. Yancey, visited our mountain town this week. Dr. Yancey Is on his way to California to meet his wife and children who have been in San Francisco for some months. He expresses himself as de- lighted with our town and climate.
 II you want guarantee, safe and lnvIola0le, that the future of your wife and little ones will not be ex. posed to poverty, hardships, and sui ierlng, secure for them now policy of hte insurance payable in case of your death. Hundreds of families are each year saved from destitution and misery by little timely foretnought on the part of parents in utilizing this great idea, as seen by the fact that over two millions of money are each year paid to widows and orphans by the staunch old company.
 Flagstaff Lodge No. 8 Knights of Pythias, held their regular meeting last Tuesday night. at which there was large attendance. A number of new members were elected. The lodge IS in flourishlng condition and sad 10 be the largest in membership of any of the order in the Territory.
 H. G. Gorton, merchant of our town returned this week from quite long visit to Kingman, Kansas, where he formerly lived and where he has a large herd of cattle on his farm there. MT. Gorton says that al the present tune the prices of cattle are very low. de reports the crops in that state this year lmost total failure. MT. Cor ton friends are pleased to see him pack again.
 A surprise party was given Miss Bertha Lockwood at the residence of her parents MT. and Mrs. w. E. Lockwood on Tuesday evening. A large number of our young people were present. It was genuine sur. prise to the young lady. Several hours were spent in pleasant games and sports. and about eleven o'clock the happy visitors departed for their homes, delighted with the pleasant evening they had enjoyed.
 Don't throw your money on asses ment schemes of life insurance. As SeSment societies are short lived their schemes of insurance is delus ion and snare--sonetimes they pay and sometimes they doa't-their his tory in this country IS unutterly bad, and the disappointments and misery they have inflicted on many families ought to serve as a warning. When you in- sure, take it in safe and reliable company and thus buy the genuine article of life insurance protection, and not its counterfeit.
 C. G. Goven, general manager of the Arizona Cattle Company, had two of their blooded stallions Tn town thus week and the CHAMPION man had an opportunity of seeing them. Duke. the Percheron stallion, is a noble look ing iron grey, standing little over I6 hahds high and weighs about I. 500. The running stallion is about IS hands in height and a prettier horse we venture the assertion, cannot be found in Yavapai county. Both of these animals come of fine blooded stock and were purchased in the east by Ellis Walnright, the managing di- rector of the company who resides in St Louis and sent here at the same time